Department of Health: The Paddington Health Campus Scheme

Part 3The Campus partners were unable to 22agree a deliverable schemeThe Campus partners were unable to secure 23adequate land for the schemeThe Campus partners, and others, differed over 26whether the scheme was affordableCapacity planning in 2005 indicated that the 27local NHS in north west London needed toreduce capacity by 500 to 600 bedsPart 5The way ahead is challenging for 36all partiesGlossary 38Appendices1 Chronology of the Paddington Health 41Campus scheme2 External reviews of the Campus scheme 44Part 4There was a lack of clarity in key 32accountabilities and rolesAccountability for the scheme was uncertain 33The 2002 NHS reorganisation disrupted 35the scheme3 Methodology 464 The opportunity cost of delay in taking 47forward the Campus scheme5 Relevant recommendations from previous 48Committee of Public Accounts’ reportsPhotographs and images courtesy of St Mary’s NHS Trust, Smoothe and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.